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Winner of the ILFM’s Law Firm Software Users Award 2023 is Insight Legal
The Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM) has announced the winners of its prestigious award in the industry for legal software suppliers.
VirtualSignature-ID launches its Qualified eWitnessing Solution supported by GBG
VirtualSignature-ID will be launching its game changing new Qualified Electronic Signature solution with re-usable and re-verifiable ID, automated eWitnessing and document certification technology at LegalEx 2023 this month.
Dye & Durham to showcase innovative insights at LegalEx 2023
Dye & Durham will be at next week’s LegalEx conference and exhibition in London to showcase their suite of legal practice management solutions, due diligence data and reports, conveyancing risk and fraud protection solutions.
National Accident Helpline announces its Future Legal Minds for 2023
National Accident Helpline has announced both winners for its 2023 annual law competition. The essay competition invites law students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level to submit answers.
BigHand named Company of the Year in the 2023 Business Intelligence Group awards
The Business Intelligence Group today announced the winners of the 2023 BIG Awards for Business with BigHand winning the Company of the Year category. This follows BigHand’s award win last week for Workflow Management Platform of the Year at the 4th annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards
Monetary incentives to cut planning application timescales is an encouraging step in the right direction
The Chancellor’s announcement of some reform to our ailing planning application process will be positively received across the board by the property industry. Whilst this is largely focused on infrastructure, it paves the way for more reform in the near term by the current Government.
Selling or merging your legal practice
As Legal Practice M&A specialists, AJ Chambers understand the importance and gravity of planning the sale or merger of your practice.
How people management drives success for law firms
The success of a firm isn’t solely determined by its legal prowess. It’s also influenced significantly by how well it manages its most valuable asset: its people
Law firms must improve DEI efforts through objective work allocation or risk losing clients
According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the UK, only 18% of the law firm lawyer population is made up of ethnic lawyers and only 5% are disabled, compared to 14% in the overall UK workforce. With 85% of firms reporting greater pressure from clients to improve their diversity, equity and inclusion, does the dial need to move towards DEI to retain clients?
How your invoices could be costing you money
Running a successful law firm can be challenging. However, what many law firms overlook is how their invoicing process could be hurting their clients’ satisfaction levels. A bad invoicing process can lead to significant delays, lost revenue, and ultimately, loss of clients.
Blog
Legal director: an alternative to partnership
Firms are increasingly acknowledging the need for alternative senior roles – positions that offer influence and recognition without the obligations of ownership.
It’s time for law firms to ask tougher questions
For years, many law firms have treated ID verification as a box-ticking exercise. Run a liveness check, match a face to a document and move on. But that is no longer good enough.
Business fatigue to AI will risk job security
Whilst we know professional learning has always been part of career paths, to hire, retain and keep talent, AI needs to be embedded as a core part of this training.
